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TV review: Girls’ gone not-so-wild give viewers money’s worth in new HBO comedy
Just when it seemed like HBO was done one-upping everyone else, the network again waved its magic Emmy-winning wand — whose magic I have begun to suspect actually stems from unending resources (I’m onto you, HBO) — and this time, out popped Girls.
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Video games: Three strikes for EA Games
Perhaps EA Games should take a note from just about everyone in the gaming industry on how to improve their relations with their consumers as well as their company as a whole.
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Tupac lives (through technology)
After more than fifteen years in the grave, rapper Tupac Shakur joined Snoop Dogg on the Coachella stage to perform “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted.” And he did it via hologram. Sadly, Tupac is actually dead.
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Album review: Jason Mraz loses creativity on bland concept album
Jason Mraz has fallen in love. Or so he claims on his new album, “Love is a Four Letter Word,” in which the theme of love is runs through all 12 tracks.
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Concert review: Nickelback far from rock stars in Columbus tour stop
For a moment, the members of Nickelback rose to the sky, almost as if they had left this life and gone on to another one. Sadly, that wasn’t the case.
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Interview: Andy Richter
It’s hard to forget about someone as funny as Andy Richter. For nearly two decades, he’s played the sideline goofball to the reliably self-deprecating late night icon Conan O’Brien, always there to fill with a sly out-of-left-field quip when the other guy’s at a loss for words.
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Movie review: ‘Goon’ lacks clear direction
Inspired by the book, Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey Into a Minor Hockey League, Goon tells the story of an up-and-coming hockey player. Though the film stars Sean William Scott, it is not Stifler-on-ice.
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TV review: HBO’s fantasy epic ‘Game of Thrones’ growing strong in second season
Blood, brilliant red as the comet streaking in the sky above, spills forth from the slain in the stunning debut of the second season of “Game of Thrones.” After a critically acclaimed first season, the HBO adaptation of George R.R.
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Mike Wallace, a notoriously tough interviewer, defined an age of broadcast news
Pioneering broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, a U. Michigan alum and former Michigan Daily reporter, best known for his scathing interviews on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” died Saturday in New Cannan, Conn. Wallace was 93.